Heartlands Academy Pupil premium 2015 to 2016

Heartlands Academy

Pupil Premium – 2015 -­‐ 2016

Contents:

Basic Characteristics (Raiseonline) 1. Focus on Learning across the Curriculum.

2. Focus on social, emotional and behavioural issues.

3. Focus on enrichment beyond the Curriculum 4. Focus on families and communities.

5. Focus on alternative pathways and curricula 6. Expenditure

The academy serves a social and economic disadvantaged community near the city centre of Birmingham. This is clearly demonstrated through the above data. The vast majority of parents are supportive and want their children to be successful. Attainment on entry to KS3 and KS4 is well below the national average. The VA from KS2 toKS4 and the % of students achieving ‘expected levels of progress demonstrate that young people are making outstanding progress.

At Heartland Academy, pupil premium issued to support the young people in the following way:

1 Focus on Learning across the Curriculum – the curriculum is focussed around centres. Each centre has an additional member of staff to provide: § Collaborative teaching § Small group work for intervention § Cover for absent colleagues thus retaining continuity.

2 Focus on social, emotional and behavioural issues – at Heartlands the learning is supported by various teams and where appropriate outside support. The following enables these teams to function more efficiently and consistently: Time away from the traditional teaching role for Learning Managers.

A ‘home grown’ strategy to develop the Heartlands model External support comes in the form of: Additional Educational Psychologist time Additional mentoring (as well as the in house training) Home – academy liaison work particularly for more challenging groups/ individuals Speech and language therapist 3. Focus on enrichment beyond the curriculum : The academy supports 3 Creative Curriculum weeks – one per term. During this time students experience a wealth of experiences and opportunities (Appendix 1 Creative Curriculum week breakdown). These weeks also contribute to the PSE and SMSC agendas.

The additional staffing per centre and time availability of Learning Managers and Phase Leaders, as mentioned in 1 and 2 also provide opportunities before, at lunch and at the end of the day.

Free tuition to students keen to pursue, for example, music and drama; other specific activities are also supported as and when they arise for individuals and/or groups.

Additional trips/visits subsidised.

4. Focus on families and communities: The academy employs home-­‐academy liaison staff that work with specific groups.

In addition the academy employs consultants who specialise in working with individual families where the young person is extremely challenging/disaffected.

The academy offers tutoring to parents and/or acts as a conduit to other opportunities through the work of the Community Director.

5. Focus on alternative pathways and curricula: Much of the work done by the academy that has been referred to in sections 1 to 4 contribute to this.

At Heartlands the curriculum is reviewed annually to address the needs of the different year groups. This includes the type of course and qualification.

Alternative programmes may be set up on a full or part-­‐time basis.

IAG form a major part of the development/improvement plan as it permeates into KS3.

The estimated amount of Pupil Premium for 2014/2015 is £565,208. We plan to spend according to the figures below.

Expenditure:

2014-­‐2015

Section 1 Focus on Learning in the Curriculum

£257,811

2015-­‐2016 £260,000

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Section 2 Focus on social, emotional and Behavioural issues.

£241,901

£240,000

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Examples of activities, resources, projects: 2015 -­‐ 2016 Collaborative teaching Small group work for intervention EAL Little Bridge pilot Cover for absent colleagues thus retaining continuity.

Action tutors for year 11 intervention in core subjects Time away from the traditional teaching role for Learning Managers.

A ‘home grown’ strategy to develop the Heartlands model Additional Educational Psychologist time Additional mentoring (as well as the in house training) Home – academy liaison work particularly for more challenging groups/ individuals Speech and language therapist

Was the intervention effective

ü Open door counselling ü One to one services that support pupils with a variety of issues bereavement, children who have been victims of abuse, pupils with mental health issues, pupils with long term medical conditions ü SEMH Talk About training Section 3 Focus on enrichment beyond the Curriculum

£85,935

£83,000

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The academy supports 3 Creative Curriculum weeks – one per term. During this time students experience a wealth of experiences and opportunities (Appendix 1 Creative Curriculum week breakdown). These weeks also contribute to the PSE and SMSC agendas.

The additional staffing per centre and time availability of Learning Managers and Phase Leaders, as mentioned in 1 and 2 also provide

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opportunities before, at lunch and at the end of the day.

Free tuition to students keen to pursue, for example, music and drama; other specific activities are also supported as and when they arise for individuals and/or groups.

Additional trips/visits subsidised.

Section 4 Focus on families and Communities.

£12,732

£10,000

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Section 5 Focus on alternative pathways and curricula

£31,829

£28,000

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Pupil Premium – Funding Academy Contribution

£565,207

£568,000

65,000

53,000

The academy employs home-­‐academy liaison staff that work with specific groups.

In addition the academy employs consultants who specialise in working with individual families where the young person is extremely challenging/disaffected.

The academy offers tutoring to parents and/or acts as a conduit to other opportunities through the work of the Community Director.

Much of the work done by the academy that

has been referred to in sections 1 to 4 contribute to this.

At Heartlands the curriculum is reviewed annually to address the needs of the different year groups. This includes the type of course and qualification.

Alternative programmes may be set up on a full or part-­‐time basis.

IAG form a major part of the development/improvement plan as it permeates into KS3.